Awayuki ni furaete sakeru ume no hana kimi gari yaraba yosoetemu kamo

沫雪に降らえて咲ける梅の花
君がり遣らばよそへてむかも

Roma-ji: Awayuki ni furaete sakeru ume no hana kimi gari yaraba yosoetemu kamo
English Translation: Under the light snow,
fallen on, they've come to bloom,
these plum blossoms here:
if I sent them to you, love,
would you see in them my likeness?
Meaning: If I send you these plum blossoms that opened under the light snow, will you look on them as a likeness of me?
Commentary: Book Eight Winter Miscellaneous Poems 1641

Headnote: "A poem on snow and plum by Tsuno no Ason Kōben"
The poet wonders whether, if he sent his beloved the plum blossoms that opened under the light snow, she would see them as a likeness of him. Entrusting his feelings to plum blossoms blooming in the snow, he seeks to convey his heart through the flower.
The author, Tsuno no Kōben, was an official of the Tsuno clan about whom little is known.

The first line means "under light snow that melts like foam."
The second line, with the passive "rayu," means "blooming after being snowed on." Ōtomo no Murakami's 1436 in this book also wonders whether the plum has bloomed after meeting light snow, sharing the view that light snow brings the plum into flower.
The third line names the flowers he means to send.
In the fourth line, "gari" means "to the place of," so the line means "if I send them to you."
In the final line, "yosou" means to liken or associate; with the perfective "te," conjectural "mu," and "kamo," he wonders whether she will liken them to him.
Author: Tsuno no Kōben
Source: Manyoshu
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